Insider Sports Report
4* South Carolina
3*Xavier
3*Atlanta
Don Wallace Sports
4* Golden St. +15
4* Minnesota +14
4* Washington +10
4* Indiana +9.5
RAS
Colorado State +14.5
UC Santa Barbara -8.5
MR EAST
NBA WEDNESDAY BOOKIE SLAYER
INDIANA @ PORTLAND
3 UNITS: PORTLAND -9
The Portland Trailblazers have endured a lot of injuries this season, but still have turned in a respectable 36-27 mark on the season. They have played much better of late, as their last 5 wins have come by an average of 15ppg. The Pacers have really thrown up some stinkers on the road this season, and have lost 14 games by 10 or more on the highway, and 8 of them by 15+. Blazers have now covered 5 straight vs a team with a losing record, while the Pacers stand in at 4-11 ATS as a dog from 5-10.5 in their last 15. Portland gets the call.
Trent Citron
10 Units UConn
10 Units Duke
8 Units Kentucky
6 Units Knicks
RINKPLAY SPORTS
3* Florida Panthers
3* Detroit Red Wings
JB SPORTS
3* New Orleans
3* Denver
1* Philadelphia
1* New York
DAVID MALINSKY
4* SOUTH CAROLINA/ALABAMA UNDER 136.5
An ugly grinder of a pace, and perhaps even uglier execution, makes it difficult for the scoreboard to change very often (except for the ticking clock), and that is the case in this one.
We have picked up a lot of mileage of late either playing against South Carolina, or playing Gamecock games Under, as fatigue takes its inevitable toll on one-man-gang Devan Downey. He is now up to 948 minutes overall, and 512 for 14 S.E.C. games, and the wheels have come off – over the last five games he has shot just 35-107 from the field, and it has been an 0-5 SU and ATS Carolina in which the Gamecocks could score more than 63 points only one time, a 92-79 loss at Arkansas in which things got real loose in the latter stages. Now Downey has to go up against a physical Alabama defense that does an excellent job on the perimeter (allowing only 30.4 percent beyond the arc in conference play, with only 151 assists allowed in those 14 games), which can make for another long evening. And of course when he does not score, the team does not.
Alabama is only 4-10 in the S.E.C. despite playing that solid defense because the Crimson Tide are every bit as hard-pressed to score as Carolina. Now it gets even tougher without JaMychal Green (14.8 ppg), taking away the only real inside threat, and that leaves Mikhail Torrance as the only player averaging in double figures. So what happens when two offenses playing without confidence or balance go head to head? The game slows down. With the role players for these teams hesitant to step up and take shots we get a lot of long and empty possessions here, and neither team has the explosiveness to create the kind of runs that can speed things up.
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3 Units Pacers +8.5
JAMES PATRICK SPORTS
NY Knicks -3.5
Wunderdog
Game: Vancouver at Detroit
3 Units Detroit -150
Game: Vancouver at Detroit
2 Units Detroit -1.5 +190
Game: Colorado at Anaheim
5 Units UNDER 5.5 -130
Marty Otto
Big O: Wake Forest +8
Florida State is one of the most inefficient offenses in the ACC. Only the Tarheels and Cavaliers have been worse from a points per possession basis this season in conference play. Not surprisingly Florida St has just a 1.5 ppg scoring advantage in ACC play this season. Despite a solid defense they rarely find themselves able to extend leads or build big margins. That makes them a lousy favorite and gives us plenty of wiggle room to take points with an underrated Wake Forest side.
Don't think the Seminoles have a home court advantage, especially when laying points. Looking back through the log book FSU is 4-12 in their last 16 games when favored at home. Over their last 29 as a home fav they are an abysmal 6-23! This is a team that was just favored by five over a Clemson side famous for being a pushover on the road. The Seminoles lost outright as their offensive woes (shot just 38%) once again prevented them from building and keeping a lead of substance. Take Wake.
Regular Play - Kansas State +9
BILLY COLEMAN
4* Phx -4
3* NO -2
3* Clev/NJ Un 197
4* TX A&M -6
3* Miss St -2.5
ROCKETMAN
3* Atl -8.5
3* TCU +16
3* Cal Irv +9
3* Ind +19.5
3* Calgary -145
Erin Rynning
Playmaker: Orlando Over 215.5
New Jersey +9.5